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35 Cards in this Set
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salient
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prominent, protruding, conspicious, highly relevant
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salubrious
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promoting health or well-being
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sagacious
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having sound judgment, perceptive, wise
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salacious
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appealing to or causing sexual desire, bawdy
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salutary
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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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sanctimony
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self-righteousness, pretended piety
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rail
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to complain about bitterly
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rancorous
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characterized by bitter, long-standing resentment
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rapacious
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voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey
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rarefy
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to make or become thin, less dense, refine
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rebus
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riddle, a representation of words by pictures or symbols that sound like words
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority or guidance, difficult to manage
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recant
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to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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recondite
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hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure
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reconnoiter
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to engage in reconnaissance, make a preliminary inspection of
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recumbent
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leaning, resting, prone
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redolent
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fragrant, suggestive or evocative
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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refute
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to disprove, successfully argue against
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regale
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to delight or entertain, feast
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relegate
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to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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remonstrate
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to protest, object
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renege
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to fail to honor a commitment, go back on a promise
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rent
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torn, split apart, pierced as by a sound
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repine
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to feel or express dejection or discontent, long for
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repudiate
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to refuse to have anything to do with, disown
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rescind
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to invalidate, repeal, retract
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resolute
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adamant, steadfast, determined
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reticent
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quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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reverent
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marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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rhetoric
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the art or study of effective use of langauge for communication and persuasion
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rubric
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authoritative rule, heading, title, or category
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rue
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regret, feel remorse
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ramify
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to be divided or subdivided, branch out
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